Pay As You Go Application Started in Seferihisar

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality ESHOT General Directorate started the "Pay as you go" application in Seferihisar, which was selected as a pilot area as of April 2. Thanks to the new application, those who travel short distances travel "cheaper" by taking back the price of the distance they do not travel. The residents of İzmir who used the Seferihisar-Üçkuyular Pier line, where the application started, got used to the new system quickly.

Aiming to make public transportation more attractive for İzmir residents who travel short distances, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality ESHOT General Directorate commissioned the “pilot application” that will allow passengers of the Seferihisar-Üçkuyular Pier line numbered 985 to pay as much as they go. On trips where the district tariff is valid and a fee of 5 lira is charged for full passengers, passengers now travel "cheaper" by taking back the fare of the distance they do not travel.

Half-way advantage
Despite the fact that the application was only the first days, the passengers of the pilot line were easily adapted to the new system. Until now, the board of each 5 TL paid the bus line, which is now cheaper to use short-distance journeys who find the İzmirliler, said they were very satisfied with the new system.

In the system where the "Pay as you go" application is valid, passengers show their cards to the validator at the back door just like the boarding passes. Passengers using full tickets, the first 15 km. 2,50 for TL, each subsequent km. 10 per penny Thanks to this system, passengers traveling on short distances have the opportunity to pay 5 TL by paying the 2,5.

Can become widespread in other districts
ESHOT General Directorate officials, who are constantly observing on the line where the system is applied, stated that they encountered positive reactions of the passengers and that the system will get better as time passes. Authorities stated that if the "pay as you go" application in Seferihisar, which was selected as the pilot region, is successful, it can be implemented in other surrounding districts.

Seferihisar-Sığacık line was put into service
The General Directorate of ESHOT has launched a new bus line with the new system. The Seferihisar-Sığacık line with the number 640 started to serve and provided transportation services to the Sığacık area all day. The new bus line, which is expected to attract great interest especially during the summer months, aims to further revitalize Sığacık. Even if the new ticket is 2 TL, the student is 1.15 TL, the teacher is 1.54 TL.